First of all like Fayaz had said questions with multiple questions are not the best way to ask something on this platform. Ok, let me try to answer your questions. (Disclaimer: I’m not an react expert. So please don`t hang me if i tell something stupid.) Question 1: No you need not Node.js but npm … Read more
There is a REST API endpoint for settings that can be found at /wp/v2/settings
The problem is here: ‘excerpt’ => wp_json_encode($post->post_excerpt), That array will get passed through wp_json_encode by the REST API, so it gets double encoded, so remove the wp_json_encode here, and it’ll work out fine, it’s just encoding, it’s not the literal human readable value. E.g. put it in your browsers dev console and output the result, … Read more
Sounds like a perfect candidate for the WordPress REST API It’s getting integrated with core in 4.1 I think, but you can use it as a plugin for now.
Edit: OK, I get what you’re trying to do a little better. This should help get you there. Cache the data that you are going to want. You’ll go over your API limit quickly if you query Yelp on every page load – not to mention slowing your site down terribly. function yelplist() { $pizza_joints … Read more
You should not GET on a POST only rest callback. The code below creates a POST call only register_rest_route(‘miningRigs/v1’, ‘createRig’, array( ‘methods’ => WP_REST_SERVER::CREATABLE, ‘callback’ => ‘createMiningRig’, )); Check http://localhost/wordpress-site/wp-json/miningRigs/v1 which shows you can only POST on createRig I just copy/paste you code + added the https://pressupinc.com/blog/2013/07/minimum-viable-wordpress-plugin/ then enabled the plugin on 4.9.5 and it … Read more
SUGGESTIONS I suggest the following: first ensure you are running WordPress version 5.5.* as this version adds the endpoints for /wp/v2/plugins see: New and modified REST API endpoints in WordPress 5.5 using basic authentication issue a request as per the following using curl curl –user username:password https://example.com/wp-json The first request should succeed regardless because it … Read more
When you register the setting in JS, you need to supply the current value saved in the DB as the value, not some default value. So instead of: var setting = new api.Setting( ‘mySetting’, ‘JS Default Value?’ ); You would need to obtain the value via some means like the REST API and then use … Read more
See if your url is correct. Example: website.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/?categories=3&per_page=50
Perhaps there is some sort of API available Yes, there is, and you can check it out here. There are examples linked from that Codex page, and you might want to use version 1.2 (GET requests only) or 1.1 of the API where these versions both have the response format in JSON. And actually, there’s … Read more